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 * Topic: Weather and storms **

RI.2.1 - Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text. RI.2.2 - Identify the main topic of a multiparagraph text as well as the focus of specific paragraphs within the text. RI.2.3 - Describe the connection between a series of historical events, scientific ideas or concepts, or steps in technical procedures in a text. RI.2.4 - Determine the meaning of words and phrases in a text relevant to a grade 2 topic or subject area. RI.2.5 - Know and use various text features (e.g., captions, bold print, subheadings, glossaries, indexes, electronic menus, icons) to locate key facts or information in a text efficiently. RI.2.6**-** Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. RI.2.7 - Explain how specific images (e.g., a diagram showing how a machine works) contribute to and clarify a text. RI.2.8 - Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text. RRF.2.4 - Read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension. W.2.2 - Write informative/explanatory texts in which they introduce a topic, use facts and definitions to develop points, and provide a concluding statement or section. W.2.8 - Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question. SL.2.2b - Build on others’ talk in conversations by linking their comments to the remarks of others. SL.2.2c - Ask for clarification and further explanation as needed about the topics and texts under discussion. L.2.1 - Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. L.2.1d - Form and use the past tense of frequently occurring irregular verbs (e.g., sat, hid, told). L.2.4d - Use knowledge of the meaning of individual words to predict the meaning of compound words (e.g., birdhouse, lighthouse, housefly; bookshelf, notebook, bookmark).
 * Common Core standards: **

Students will be able to understand, recognize, apply, and analyze the following skills:
 * Suggested student objectives: **
 * Main idea and details
 * Visualize
 * Informational paragraph
 * Compound words
 * Verbs

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 * Suggested additional readings: **
 * __Super Storms__ by Seymour Si mon
 * __Tornadoes__ by Liza N. Burby
 * __Community Space: how land and weather shape communities__ by Angela Catalano
 * __Lightning__ by Erin Edison
 * __On the Same Day in March: a tour of the world's weather__ by Marilyn Singer
 * __Why is it Windy?__ by Judith A. Williams (series //I Like Weather!// also contains rain and snow)
 * __Keep the Lights Burning, Abbie__ by Peter Roop
 * __Dust Storms__ by Jim Mezzanotte (series //Wild Weather// also contains hailstorms, thunderstorms, hurricanes, and snowstorms)
 * __Clifford and the Big Storm__ by Norman Bridwell
 * __Franklin and the Thunderstorm__ by Paulette Bourgeois
 * __A Storm Called Katrina__ by Myron Uhlberg
 * __Water Dance__ by Thomas Locker
 * __Geoffrey Groundhog Predicts the Weather__ by Bruce Koscielniak
 * __It's Snowing! It's Snowing!__ by Jack Prelutsky
 * __If You Were a Compound Word__ by Trisha Speed Shaskan

Journeys lesson activities Homework Spot - guide to writing book reports paragraph by paragraph Grammaropolis - videos, activities an games about grammar WatchKnowLearn - video about how charts are used to visualize information Brainpopjr - video that includes visualization as key to effective listening and speaking Brainpopjr - video about verbs Enchanted Learning - printable exercise about verbs Brainpopjr - video about main idea Brainpopjr - video about writing paragraphs Enchanted Learning - graphic organizers for main idea/detail Enchanted Learning - printable compound word puzzles BookFlix - paired informational and fiction read-aloud books about sharks BookFlix - paired informational and fiction read-aloud books about snow (English/Spanish) BookFlix - paired informational and fiction read-aloud books about rain National Center for Atmospheric Research - information, photos and activities about clouds Meet Me at the Corner - four minute video interview with meteorologist Brainpopjr - video about the water cycle PebbleGo - article about thunderstorms (many other articles on weather, as well) Tate Gallery - 1916 painting entitled "Ivy Cottage, Coldharbour: Sun and Snow" by Lucien Pissarro (click on full screen below painting)
 * Resource links: **

**Activities**: Student learning outcome: Duration: approximately 50 minutes
 * Identify and describe the main idea of a nonfiction text using section headings and textual details

Necessary materials:

//Provided//:
 * Direct Teaching Example Chart,
 * Independent practice worksheet

//Not Provided//:
 * __The Shark: silent hunter__ by Renée Le Bloas-Julienne
 * Chart paper
 * Markers
 * Copies of sections of __The Shark:silent hunter__ or other informational books from classroom or school library
 * Lesson Plan

Teacher will discuss how headings in informational text can help us determine the main idea of that section of the book. Teacher will choose a section in __The Shark: Silent Hunter__ by Renée Le Bloas-Julienne. Teacher will read the heading and think aloud about what is the main idea of this section. Teacher will read the section and identify the main details in the text. Teacher will use those details and the section heading to determine the main idea of the section. (See Direct Teaching Example Chart provided in Teacher and Student Materials below.)
 * ===DIRECT TEACHING===

Ask: "How did I determine the main idea of the section?" Students should respond that you looked at the section heading and thought about whether it provided clues to the content. You then read the section and paid close attention to important details. Finally, you used the text details and the section heading to determine what the main idea of the section.
 * ===THINK CHECK===

Teacher will choose another section from the book to read. We will discuss the heading and what we think the main idea may be. We will read the section, determine the important details in the text, and use the section heading to help us identify the main idea of the section.
 * ===GUIDED PRACTICE===
 * ReadWorks.org - example chart

Student will choose another section of the book to read and determine its main idea. Student will explain how the main idea was identified. (Student Independent Practice is provided below.) Note: Teachers will need copies of sections of this book for students or other informational books from the library.
 * ** ASSESSMENTS **
 * ===INDEPENDENT PRACTICE===

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